LAURENCE J. GILLIS
Associate Professor, University of Maryland
(University College:  Legal Studies Program, on-line, adjunct)

                     www.LaurenceJGillis.com

 

1 Brief Introduction2 Law Teacher3 Personal/ Professional4 Some of my writings5 My hyperlinks

3.....PERSONAL and PROFESSIONAL

 
a. PERSONAL.................................
member, Board of Visitors, Ave Maria School of Law (Naples FL) (also:  moot court judge)  present  
member, Harvard Club of Lee County (FL)  present  
graduate, Cape Coral (FL) Citizens Academy (2009)
member, Editorial Board, Fort Myers News-Press (FL)  (2010)
Phillips Academy (Andover), graduate
Harvard University (A.B.), graduate
Boston University School of Law (LL.B.), graduate
Commanding Officer, 437th Military Police Company USACOMZEUR (Orleans, France) (Captain, US Army, active duty three years)
NH State Representative (Hampton & Hampton Falls); Chair, House Appropriations subcommittee on Justice; Member, House-Senate Committee of Conference on NH State Operating Budget
Member, editorial board, Portsmouth Herald (daily and Sunday newspaper, seacoast NH)
Regular host, "A Piece of Your Mind", WSCA-FM, 106.1 FM (interview-based radio show, Portsmouth NH)

Writing:
-----Kirkus Reviews, contributor  (paid book reviews)
-----New York Times Magazine ("The Fiber Optic Confessional", paid article) ..... (later adapted by Epiphany Theater Company and presented at Chelsea Playhouse, Manhattan)
-----Commonweal Magazine ("Forgive Me, Solicitor", paid article)
-----Tri-City Free Press (Rochester NH) (weekly legal advice column)
-----Hampton Union (Hampton NH) (weekly movie review column)(as "Kermit Archbald")
-----Seacoast After Dark (Hampton NH) (weekly movie review column) (as "Davenport Wayvelle")
-----Dateline New England Magazine (dating advice articles from a lawyer !!)
-----Also: signed articles in the New Hampshire Bar Association News, Union Leader, Foster's Daily Democrat, Portsmouth Herald, Tidings (Catholic diocesan newspaper), and WEVO-FM (NH Public Radio, broadcast editorial)

Other:
Taught CCD program at Saint Michael Parish (Exeter NH); Chair, Saint Michael Pastoral Council; Trustee, Exeter (NH) Public Library; Alternate member, Exeter (NH) Planning Board; Moderator, Hampton (NH) School District; Member, Board of Directors, Harvard Club of New Hampshire; Fluent in French (studied four years at Andover, lived three years in France);
Member, Phillips Academy Alumni Council

Memberships:
Harvard Club of Boston (35-year member); American Association of University Professors;National District Attorneys Association; Legal Writing Institute
Performing Arts: (a) Leddy Performing Arts Center (Epping NH), Mr Brownlow in "Oliver!"; (b) Exeter Players (Exeter NH), Tax Collector in "You Can't Take It With You";  (c)  WSCA-FM Community Radio Theatre Players (Portsmouth NH): Mr White in a radio dramatization of "Monkey's Paw"; Mr Hopkins in "Baby Snooks' Hallowe'en" (1954 episode); and Sam the Bartender in "Gunsmoke: The Guitar" (1952 episode); voice in the crowd, "Why I Live at the Post Office" (story by Eudora Welty)
b. LAWYER................................

 
(After 33 years in the courtroom; I no longer take any cases; Instead, I teach; See Tab 2 of this website)

Associate Professor of Legal Studies, University of Maryland  (adjunct, University College, on-line)  present 
Private law practice in New Hampshire (mostly criminal trial law) (Rye, Exeter, Hampton NH)

New Hampshire Division for Children, Youth & Families (State's trial attorney in child abuse cases), Salem NH

Assistant Strafford County Attorney (prosecutor), Rochester NH
City Prosecutor, Concord NH
Police Prosecutor, Seabrook NH

President, Rockingham County Bar Association

NH Bar Association: Board of Governors (at-Large)
NH Bar News: Editorial Board
NH Bar Foundation: Board of Directors
NH Supreme Court: Standards & Goals Project (panel)
NH Superior Court: Alternative Dispute Resolution (panel)
Licensed to practice law: (NH and MA, State and Federal)
     (admitted NH, 1972. "Inactive-retired" status, as of August, 2008)
     (admitted MA, 1971. "Inactive" status, as of April, 1995)

 

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